Installing new mobo

[Sasage]

Hey Guys,

I used to have problems with my fan in my mobo but I ended up breaking it while trying to take out the old fan. Anywho....

After I hook everything back up to my new mobo will it boot right back to Windows or will I have to install WinXP or configure something? I don't want to lose any data.

[tesco]

Sometimes if it's the same chipset (or same board model) it will boot up fine, but in most cases you should do a repair install or format and reinstlal windows.

[TheDave]

i always get told that but i changed XP hdd from a duron to a p4 and after about 3 restarts it was fine. the restarts were while it re-installs all the hardware and that.


check the lba settings in bios before formatting

[Sasage]

Its the same model mobo, nothing else will change. Reinstalling Windows won't cause me to lose anything will it?

[TheDave]

i dont think you'll have to change anything